Today’s top gold news and opinion

10/12/2023

The Case for Gold in Defined Contribution Asset Allocations (World Gold Council)
Portfolios of equities and bonds has come under increasing pressure

ExxonMobil agrees to buy shale group Pioneer in $59.5bn deal (FT)
Biggest acquisition since it was formed through the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999

Argentina’s Black Market Peso Rate Tops 1,000 Per Dollar  (Bloomberg)
Was near half that level in July…